Andrea M. Weiss has had a thirty-year career in senior leadership with some of the world’s foremost retailers. She is the founder of The O Alliance, LLC and CEO of Retail Consulting Inc., a global consulting practice focused on the retail, e-commerce and consumer sectors.

As part of her practice work, Mrs. Weiss has provided both consulting services, operating expertise, and her unique ability to step into a business as a “C-level” executive. Current and past clients include leading private equity firms such as BlackRock, CVC, Softbank and L Catterton. In this role, she led as CEO, the turnaround of a Canadian retailer and was chairman of Grupo Cortefiel, (Madrid, Spain), which operates retail stores, e-commerce and franchises, in more than 70 countries.  Ms. Weiss is a senior advisor to Latin America’s leading luxury retailer, El Palacio de Hierro and luxury silver firm, TANE. In addition, Ms. Weiss served as Chairman of the Board of Red Apple Stores, a general merchandise retailer based in Toronto, Canada. Ms. Weiss has been a senior advisor to technology firms, such as SAP, Zebra Technologies, Treasure Data and TYCO Retail Solutions.

Prior to establishing her own consulting business, Mrs. Weiss was President of the publically traded multi-channel teen retailer, dELiA*s, President of GUESS, Executive Vice President, and Chief Stores Officer of L Brands, the parent of leading brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works and Abercrombie and Fitch. Previously, she was Senior Vice President of ANN TAYLOR and Director of Merchandising for The Walt Disney Company.

Mrs. Weiss holds a Masters of Administrative Science from The Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also completed post-graduate studies at Harvard Business School and The Kellogg School at Northwestern University.

In addition to serving on the Hampton University Board of Trustees, Mrs. Weiss is a member of several public company boards including:  Bed Bath & Beyond, Cracker Barrel Restaurant, O’Reilly Auto Parts, and RPT Realty.  She also serves on the Board of The Fischer Company, a private real estate services and technology firm, and is a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board at the Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins University. As a philanthropist, Ms. Weiss is the Chair of Delivering Good, a 501(c) 3 charity, listed as #83 on the Forbes Top 100 non-profits in the United States.

Mrs. Weiss has been a frequent speaker for the National Retail Federation, World Retail Congress, Shop.org, International Council of Shopping Centers, Internet Retailer Conference, ShopTalk, Retail Marketing Society and at major consumer investment conferences. Ms. Weiss was honored by Crain’s New York as one of “40 Under 40” at age 37 and was named by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) as one of America’s top 50 public company directors in 2017. She is a Leadership Fellow of NACD.

Mrs. Weiss lives in Florida and Massachusetts with her husband, Richard, who is a thoroughbred horse breeder and CEO of Sorrento Oaks Farm.